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The winner of the Outstanding Public Policy Impact award is ‘Changing the law to promote person-centred decision-making for ‘coma’ patients’. Congratulations!
@JennyKitzinger
@KitzingerCelia
@cardiffuni
#ImpactPrize
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We are delighted to have appointed Professor Alison Park
@parkali
as interim Executive Chair of ESRC. Prof Park joined ESRC as Director of Research in January 2019. Prior to joining ESRC she was Professor of Social Research and Director of
@CLOSER_UK
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How can NGOs and academics work together effectively? New ESRC-funded guide and toolkit from
@christian_aid
and
@Research2Action
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ESRC announces extension of funding for the UK in a Changing Europe and nine new Senior Fellows -
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Applications to participate in our Festival of Social Science 2018 (3-10 Nov) are now open! Reach new audiences and celebrate
#socialsciences
- learn more about the
#esrcfestival
and how to get involved:
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Research funding is going through a period of rapid change, including the introduction of a number of new research funds.
These funds offer significant opportunities for social science. Find out how you can get involved:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Research funding is going through a period of rapid change, including the introduction of a number of new research funds.
These funds offer significant opportunities for social science. Find out how you can get involved:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Thanks to everyone who helped make our 2018 Festival of Social Science such a success, including our event organisers and attendees. We hope you all enjoyed
#esrcfestival
!
There's still time to go to a Festival of Social Science event! There's lots of free events taking place today and tomorrow across the UK. Find an
#esrcfestival
event near you:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Research funding is going through a period of rapid change, including the introduction of a number of new research funds.
These funds offer significant opportunities for social science. Find out how you can get involved:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Introducing ESRC's new Executive Chair, Mr Stian Westlake.
Currently CEO of
@RoyalStatSoc
, Stian will be responsible for ensuring world-leading UK social science directly addresses society's biggest issues
We look forward to welcoming him in late spring /1
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Following our response to the Review of the PhD in the Social Sciences, we're implementing a revised vision for postgraduate training .
Over the next five years, ESRC will invest in 15 doctoral training partnerships spanning 89 institutions.
More:
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Winner of the Outstanding International Impact category: Prof
@Kathy_Rastle
@RoyalHolloway
, whose research on how children learn to read has led to better-informed discussions and teaching strategies around the world
#ImpactPrize
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We are pleased to announce a new Cross-disciplinary mental health network plus call
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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Laurie Taylor talks about how Thinking Aloud on
@BBCradio4
has a regular audience of one million - all listening to social science research!
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We are thrilled to announce 32 research organisations have been awarded new Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding!
Each university will receive a share of £40m to maximise the impact of their social science research over the next 5 years - 1/8
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As part of the Festival of Social Science, we’re running hundreds of free events across the UK. We have something for everyone with events for children, young people and adults available in person and online. Learn more:
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Our Festival of Social Science runs from 3-10 November and includes over 300 free events across the UK. See what events are taking place near you:
#esrcfestival
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Six new research centres have been awarded £49m. This is a funding boost for research into critical social and economic challenges -
@UKRI_News
@beisgovuk
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The winner of the Outstanding Business and Enterprise Impact award is ‘Entrepreneurial Responses to the Pandemic: Supporting Microbusinesses and Promoting Inclusion’. Congratulations!
@monderram
@AstonUniversity
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Applications to participate in our Festival of Social Science 2019 (2-9 November) are now open! Celebrate social science and reach new audiences.
Learn more about the
#ESRCFestival
and how to get involved:
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Our week-long Festival of Social Science starts tomorrow! There's over 300 free events taking place across the UK. Have fun if you're going to an event, and good luck to all our organisers. Find an
#esrcfestival
event near you:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Outstanding Public Policy
#ImpactPrize
winner -
@susanmcvie
and
@lesleymcara1
from
@EdinburghUni
:
@U_Inequalities
@UoELawSchool
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'Why GDPR matters for research' - what do the new
#dataprotection
regulations mean for the research community?
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Calling ESRC researchers!
The
@royalsociety
pairing scheme partners 30 research scientists with UK parliamentarians and civil servants. The scheme is open to social scientists and can make a real impact. Find out more and apply at - . Closes 7 April 2019
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Female researchers and innovators have changed the world.
Find out more on the
@UKRI_News
Women in Research and Innovation site:
#IWD2018
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Eight ESRC research centres granted transition funding to undertake pioneering social science research, under new model
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High quality data is vital to social science research. We're investing a further £100M in longitudinal study
@usociety
and £37.5M in
@UKDataService
.
Boosting the UK's social science data infrastructure supports research to improve people's lives. More:
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Our 2017 Impact Champion is
@anandMenon1
@UKandEU
. Presented by Dr Alan Gillespie, ESRC Chair.
#impactprize
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Addressing major societal challenges by harnessing government data - the Administrative Data Research Partnership will maximise the potential of administrative data as a resource for high-quality innovative research:
#ADRP
#ThisIsSocialScience
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The winner of our Future Promise award is
@Clo_Holloway
from
@notts_psych
@UniofNottingham
:
Award presented by Linda McDowell from
@oxfordgeography
#ImpactPrize
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The winner of the Outstanding Societal Impact award is ‘Improving lives affected by violence in ‘post conflict’ Colombia through the participatory development of a local Strategy for Peace in Buenaventura’. Congratulations!
@SimonRushton8
@sheffielduni
#ImpactPrize
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And the winner of the Outstanding Impact in Public Policy
#impactprize
award is
@abicadams
from
@OxfordEconomics
@UniofOxford
for her research relating to employment tribunal fees. Presented by
@JuliaGillard
:
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Our Festival of Social Science runs from 3-10 November and includes over 300 free events across the UK. See what events are taking place near you:
#esrcfestival
#ThisIsSocialScience
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The ability to learn a language does not decline with age, according to new research by the University of York, funded by ESRC. The study found that older people with healthy brains are as skilled as teenagers in picking up foreign or unfamiliar words -
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Outstanding Societal
#ImpactPrize
winner - Professor Kate Reed (
@sheffielduni
) and colleagues:
@_rememberbaby
@SocStudiesShef
@UoHHealthSocSci
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Winners of the Panel Choice award, which recognises finalists whose work shows great promise: Prof Emla Fitzsimons and Dr Praveetha Patalay
@UCL
, whose research helped bring adolescent mental health issues to national attention
#ImpactPrize
@FitzsimonsEmla
@PravPatalay
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Our Festival of Social Science runs from 3-10 November and includes over 300 free events across the UK. See what events are taking place near you:
#esrcfestival
#ThisIsSocialScience
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A key priority for ESRC is to support the next generation of social scientists - blog post by
@JaneElliott66
:
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Find out about "Research Impact at the UK Parliament" - great new ESRC-funded web resource for researchers
#RIUKP
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new web hub for academic researchers: 'Research Impact at the UK Parliament':
#RIUKP
#impact
#getinvolved
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Check out
@JennyKitzinger
from
@cardiffuni
, a finalist in the ESRC Celebrating
#ImpactPrize
2021. Ahead of the awards ceremony on 18 November at 4.30pm, watch a teaser of their short film.
Want to watch the ceremony live? Learn more -
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The 2017
#esrcfestival
of Social Science kicks off this weekend - what event will you attend in your local area?
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Our week-long Festival of Social Science runs from 2-9 November. There's over 450 free events taking place across the UK.
Find an
#ESRCFestival
event near you:
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Winner of the Outstanding Societal Impact category: Prof
@YvonneJewkes
from
@UniOfBath
, whose research on the effects of prison architecture has led to rehabilitation-focused designs in several new women’s prisons
#ImpactPrize
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Throughout 2019 we will be using the
#ESRCBetterLives
hashtag to showcase outstanding social science research and demonstrate how social science is relevant to everyone. Our Better Lives theme for January is 'Crime and justice'. What social science research has inspired you?
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NEWS: Two newly-appointed fellows will investigate effective ways for the UK's best research to feed into policy. The Areas of Research Interest fellowships are a partnership between ESRC and the Government Office for Science.
Read more:
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What is corpus linguistics and how does it contribute to society? (by our new Research Director
@TonyMcEnery
)
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The
#ESRCFestival
is back! Running from 22 October to 13 November, the festival celebrates social science and promotes knowledge of UK social science research to new and existing audiences. Learn more -
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Here's the latest
#ESRCblog
: Bringing social science into the forefront of interdisciplinary research – a reflection of my time at the ESRC by
@TonyMcEnery
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Our 2019
#impactprize
is now open! Tell us about the outstanding impacts you've achieved:
#ThisIsSocialScience
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Congratulations to
@BristolUni
’s Prof Rachel Murray, winner of the Outstanding International
#ImpactPrize
for 2023! Research led by her has helped ensure that victims of human rights violations in Africa are delivered due justice and this research has had life-changing impacts.
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Funding opportunity: on behalf of UKRI, we are pleased to invite proposals for a new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) call under the theme of equitable resilience! Apply by 17 April 2019. More information here -
#esrcfunding
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Congratulations to Jacky Clake, our Head of Communications, who today is celebrating 30 years at ESRC!
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We are recruiting members to join our Strategic Advisory Network. Applications are welcome from academics (including early career researchers), and professionals from the public, private and third sectors. Apply by 1 Feb: … …
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The winner of ‘The John Hills Impact Prize 2022’ category of the
#ImpactPrize
is Professor Heather Joshi from
@IOE_London
@CLScohorts
! Congratulations Heather and to our brilliant runners up
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ESRC announces £27 million to boost research impact at universities across the UK -
@jenkrubin
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The winner of the Outstanding Early Career Impact award is ‘Influencing policy and debate on end-of-life considerations for onshore renewables’. Congratulations!
@RebeccaWindemer
@cardiffuni
#ImpactPrize
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Lessons learned through failure - what
@OliviaMaynard17
learned from four unsuccessful fellowship applications... and one successful one:
#esrcblog
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The
@UKRI_News
Policy Internships Scheme provides an opportunity for PhD students funded by the research councils to work for three months in highly impactful organisations:
#esrcphd
#phdchat
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Outstanding Impact in Public Policy
#impactprize
winner -
@AminaMemon1
: . Presented by Kelvin Hopkins MP.
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Today we’re launching an open consultation to inform our Review of the PhD in the Social Sciences.
We want to capture views from a diverse range of stakeholders on the strengths and limitations of current doctoral study.
To participate:
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Congratulations again to all our outstanding
#ImpactPrize
finalists.
See their case studies and videos:
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Pre-call announcement: We're launching an open competition for an International Public Policy Observatory, to support policymakers in developing effective strategies for recovery from COVID-19's social, economic and public health impacts
Learn more:
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Are you an early career researcher who's looking for new ways to engage with your audience? You could apply to organise an ESRC Festival of Social Science event in November:
#esrcfestival
#ECRchat
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Research on Research Awards:
@wellcometrust
call for researchers who use interdisciplinary methods to understand & improve how research is funded, practiced & evaluated. Deadline 30 May:
#ResearchOnResearch
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We are recruiting members to join our Strategic Advisory Network. Applications are welcome from academics (including early career researchers), and professionals from the public, private and third sectors. Apply by 1 Feb: …
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We'll be announcing 5 large grants tomorrow! We fund ambitious research with the potential to make significant economic or social impact.
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Professor Lucie Cluver from
@DSPI_Oxford
is one of 13 women researchers profiled by
@UKRI_News
for International Women's Day
#IWD2019
Read Lucie's story:
#BalanceForBetter
#ESRCBetterLives
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To help put
#AdultSocialCare
evidence into practice, we’re joining forces with
@HealthFdn
on a new Centre to promote and maintain people’s independence and wellbeing. Find out more:
#ImprovingAdultCare
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ESRC announces the appointment of two new directors - we're delighted that
@parkali
and
@Nightingale_P
will be joining us:
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Last year we launched a review of the PHD in social sciences - today we are publishing the findings which highlight the strengths and areas for potential change in our approach. Learn more-
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The Festival of Social Science is going digital this year, so you can sign up for more events than ever before!
There’s over 300 free
#ESRCFestival
events to choose from, covering a wide range of topics and interests.
Find out more:
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Starting a new academic year and wondering how to make a policy impact in Parliament?
@SarahFoxen
of
@POST_UK
shares some useful tips and advice in this new
#esrcblog
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We’re expanding the UK’s behavioural research capacity by investing £17m in
@BehaviourRes_UK
and a new Centre for Doctoral Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviours, to address major societal challenges:
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The winner of the Outstanding International Impact award is ‘Refugee-Led Social Protection During COVID-19’. Congratulations!
@alexander_betts
@UniofOxford
#ImpactPrize
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Breastfeeding in response to babies' needs rather than set intervals reduces risk of pain, difficulty or poor weight gain -
@Prof_AmyBrown
research has changed guidance worldwide
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
@MumsnetTowers
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New
#ESRCfunding
call! We're pleased to announce the ESRC-Alan Turing Institute Joint Fellowship Scheme 2018 - aimed at driving forward the development and application of cutting-edge data science to study major societal challenges:
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Find out about "Research Impact at the UK Parliament" - great new ESRC-funded web resource for researchers
#RIUKP
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new web hub for academic researchers: 'Research Impact at the UK Parliament':
#RIUKP
#impact
#getinvolved
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"Social science can be key to turning much research and innovation into effective action that improves outcomes" - our new CEO
@jenkrubin
explains her goals for the ESRC:
#esrcblog
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Huge congratulations to ESRC's Mental Health Leadership Fellow, Professor
@L_Arseneault
on her election to Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
@acmedsci
!
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The winner of our Panel’s Choice ‘Future Promise Award’ is
@Brett_Heasman
from
@PsychologyLSE
@LSEnews
(presented by
@FalkinghamJane
). Brett’s work has helped improve public understanding of autism:
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New funding call: Apply to lead an ambitious programme of research trials in the food system to support healthier & more sustainable diets for all. An applicant webinar will be held on 18 July. More:
@DefraGovUK
@foodgov
@educationgovuk
@luhcl
@DHSCgovuk
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Runner-up in the Outstanding Impact in Public Policy
#impactprize
category -
@DrJohnDrury
from
@Sussex_Psych
@SussexUni
:
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Our Longitudinal Studies Strategic Review is out now! Read
@Fairbairn_R
's
#ESRCblog
on the findings and what they mean for the future of
#LongitudinalStudies
:
And for the full report:
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Young people have been greatly impacted by COVID-19. To monitor the generation-defining impacts of the pandemic, a new longitudinal study will follow the educational, career and wellbeing outcomes of 12,000 Year 11 students across England.
#TacklingCoronavirus
1/3
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New
#gender
and
#diversity
guide from
@ScienceEurope
on how to improve
#genderequality
in research organisations:
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